Western to host 'X-Prize Team Day' Oct. 8

Western Washington University will host X-Prize Team Day at 2 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 8, on the campus' Performing Arts Center Plaza to recognize the accomplishments of the team from the university's Vehicle Research Institute and its incredible run through the Progressive Automotive X-Prize competition this past summer.

The VRI's Viking 45 vehicle team was eliminated on the last day of competition in the $10 million contest to build a 100 mpg car that started with almost 140 entrants. WWU was the last remaining American university team in the competition and one of the last dozen still in the running, outlasting teams from both Cornell and MIT.